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So let’s hear the details of the trip. We also need some pics!
Audi Driving Experience Summer Dolce Vita Tour sponsored by the Audi Club of North America.- fantastic trip, 5-star experience! 10 cars (R8 v10 Plus Spyders), 20 drivers, through the German and Italian Alps to Lake Garda in Italy; I'm guessing about 1,200 km. Combination of mountain, village, Autobahn and Autostrada driving, with a real workout of cars and drivers, and incredible scenery to match; pretty much free driving with programmed checkpoints and times. Top-notch hotels and food, with an Audi rally team accompanying with luggage vans (pretty skimpy storage in an R8), spare parts, tires, mechanic, and even a spare car (which we used). Can't praise the professionalism and attention to detail by the Audi reps enough. Really first-class, and I would highly recommend it. Below lunch at Tergernsee after leaving Munich at the start of the trip - will try to upload some smaller pics:
I am doing this tour in a few weeks with my wife. The Audi tour dates did not suit me, so they arranged for me to do this tour with just the 2 of us. The small print in their website indicates you can arrange a corporate trip, but I was surprised they are letting us do it with just one car at a time which suits me. Same hotels, same route ( which we can modify), same restaurants as the group tour - but less expensive as no "support" crew.
Definitely worth considering.
I currently drive the new A8 (D5) and have never owned a sports car. So far...
Doc H - I'm glad that you enjoyed the trip. It was interesting to see your pictures and find that I have some pictures from almost the same spots back in June 2016 as you took yours! As I said in my prior post, due to Audi's cancellation of the European Delivery Program, I've booked this October's tour as a consolation. In the meantime, I've finally been informed that the build date for my R8 will be in mid November. Had the Euro delivery not been cancelled, it would have been scheduled for December. Oh well, probably just as well that the program was cancelled. Quattro notwithstanding, I would have been really apprehensive about exploring Europe and messing up my new car during the dead of winter.
UKH - Great to see that the Audi Club and Audi could make accommodations for you. Terrific people in my experiences with them. You may want to arrange storage for some of your luggage while on the tour. The R8's luggage capacity is extremely small.
Doc H - I'm glad that you enjoyed the trip. It was interesting to see your pictures and find that I have some pictures from almost the same spots back in June 2016 as you took yours! As I said in my prior post, due to Audi's cancellation of the European Delivery Program, I've booked this October's tour as a consolation. In the meantime, I've finally been informed that the build date for my R8 will be in mid November. Had the Euro delivery not been cancelled, it would have been scheduled for December. Oh well, probably just as well that the program was cancelled. Quattro notwithstanding, I would have been really apprehensive about exploring Europe and messing up my new car during the dead of winter.
UKH - Great to see that the Audi Club and Audi could make accommodations for you. Terrific people in my experiences with them. You may want to arrange storage for some of your luggage while on the tour. The R8's luggage capacity is extremely small.
Congrats on the R8! Was tempting, but limited utility 9 months out of the year in the Prairie, as you say even with Quattro! The tour was one of our best vacations, and one advantage of the group tour and Audi support was indeed the luggage vans, as well as support for the drivers - our group actually had a car replaced, as well as several wheels (not mine!).
Congrats on the R8! Was tempting, but limited utility 9 months out of the year in the Prairie, as you say even with Quattro!.
The R8 makes an excellent daily driver. It's my only car, and I live in Iowa. I drive it all winter long without issues, it's a snow monster, even in a foot of snow. You couldn't easily daily this thing in Nebraska. It's an amazing experience and is better in the snow than my TT by far.
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